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Monkeypox: Reps summon Nigerian Health Minister, Adewole

  • Writer: Admin
    Admin
  • Oct 10, 2017
  • 1 min read

The House of Representatives on Tuesday ordered the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to appear before it over the outbreak of Monkey Pox in the country.

The House took the decision in Abuja just as the National Centre for Disease Control confirmed that 31 cases of the disease had been recorded already.

The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, had disclosed that Monkeypox had spread to seven states.

The states are Bayelsa, Rivers, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, River and Lagos.

At its plenary in Abuja presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, the House noted that the disease was spreading, while it appeared that the Federal Ministry of Health was helpless without relying on the World Health Organisation.

The lawmakers expressed concern that a country as big as Nigeria did not have a laboratory to respond to the health emergency without first sending specimen to Dakar, Senegal, for investigations.

“The House is concerned by the shocking admission of Adewole that Monkeypox could not be confirmed in Nigeria until laboratory investigations by the WHO and referral to Dakar, Senegal,”‎ it said.

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